Splice-bar.



A/W. STRIGKEBW SPLICE BAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

Patented 122, 1910.

inafter fully described and claimed.

vented new and, useful Improvements in ively obviated.

. UNITED sTAr s PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT W. STRICKER, 0F LAKE,BIE INTON, MINNESOTA.

SPLICE-BAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Srmonnn, 'a'citizen of the United States ofAmerica residing at Lake Benton, in the county ot Lincoln and State ofMinnesota, have in- Splice-Bars, of which the following is aspecification.

' This invention relates to splice bars for railroad rails and theprimary object of the same is to rovide a joint having structuralfeatures w ii'ch will overcome the defects of the ordinary joints as tonoise and jar incidental to the rolling stock movin thereover andloosening the arts of the oint itself, thereby obviating amage to therails and injury to the car wheels, as well as inconvenience and dangerto the traveling public.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as ,thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts here- In the accompanyin drawing there has beenillustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention, and inwhich:

Figure '1 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 1-1 Fig. 2. Fig.2 is a top plan view of the device showing the same engaging a pair ofrails. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 designates the meeting ends ofa pair of rails. These rails lare constructed in the ordinary manner,being provided with a head 2, web 3 and a base flange 4.

The numeral 5 designates the chair for the base flange of the rails 1.This chair 5 comprises a substantially rectangular fiattened metallicmember having its base or body enlarged and its longitudinal edgesupstanding or offset as' at 6. The ties 7 of the road bed are incut toprovide a suitable pocket or receptacle for the chair and its descentwith the upper face of the horizontal flattened surface of'the chair 5will be in alinement with the top of the tie 7, so that the rail members1 opposite their jointure or point of connection may lie directly uponthe ties-and not be interfered with by the chairs 5 and also to providemeans whereby the lateral movement of the railsis efiect- The numeral 8designates the inner plates.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

Application filed July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,945.

As both of these plates are substantially similar in construction, thereference numerals applied to the different portions of one of theplates may be taken as equally applicable to the opposite plate. Each ofthese plates 8 comprises an overlying flange 9. This flange 9 is adaptedto engage the base flange 4, adjacent one side of theweb 3 of each ofthe rails 1 and the said flange is provided with an extension 10 havinga plurality of openings each of which being adapted for the reception ofa suitable spike 11, or other retaining device. Integrally formed withthe overlying flange 9 is a ver= tical extension 12. adapted to engageone faceof the web '3 and to underlie the head 2 of the rail members 1.The vertical members 12 as well as the webs 3 of the rails 1 are eachprovided with a plurality of spaced openings and these openmgs areadapted for the reception of suitab e and the rails are securelyconnected together. i

From the above description, taken in con-.

This extension 12 is retaining elements whereby the plates structionwithin the scope of the following claim may be resorted to if desired.

1' claim The combination with a railroad rail and ties therefor, theties *bein each provided with spaced pockets, of a c air for the rail,said'chair comprising a horizontally straight body portion of 'athickness equaling the depth of the pocket of the tie, the longitudinaledges of the chair being each provided with vertical ofl'sets of a sizeequaling the thickness of the edges of the base flanges of the rail andwhich they are adapted to contact, fish plates for the rail,:the saidplates each comprising a flange portion adapted to overlie the flangesof the rail and havinga vertical extension adapted to be positionedbeneath the head of t e-rail, the overlying flanges of each of the fishplates having their under faces provided with a vertica 'these extendingportions, and retaining ele- In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein presence bf two witnesses, -ALBERT W. STRIGKER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. LAVESSON, OseAR TRAUTMAN.

ofl'setfiportion adapted toengage the verti-: cal 0 set edge of thechair and being extended a suitable distance beyondthe said I edges ofthe chair, securing elements for l ments adapted to secure thevertical-menu bers of the fish plates to'the web of the rail.

